Skinnies is committed to
safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors. This policy sets out
how we will treat your personal information.
(1) What information do we collect?
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of
this website, such as your IP address, geographical location, browser
type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views
(b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and
us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to
any purchases you make of our goods or services
(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us
(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to
our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters
(e) any other information that you choose to send to us
(2) Cookies
The Skinnies website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a
web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver
viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can
only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to
you.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline
cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive
features of the skinniesuk.com services or web sites you visit.
(3) Using your personal data
Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes
specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website
(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website
(c) enable your use of the services available on the website
(d) send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website
(e) send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you
(f) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications
(g) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested
(h) send you marketing communications eg Christmas cards and calendars, raffle tickets and the like.
We DO give you frequent opportunities to opt out of any activities that
you might be uncomfortable with. Feel free to tell us, at any time, if
you do or do not wish to receive certain types of communications.
We will never sell or rent your personal data to other organisations
though we occasionally agree to exchange member’s names with other,
sympathetic partners. Every member has the opportunity to opt out of
these exchanges at the point of joining and let us know if at any time
our communications are unwelcome.
(4) Other disclosures
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes
identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information
about you:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights
(including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud
prevention and reducing credit risk); and
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.
(5) International data transfers
We do not and have no plans to transfer data to countries outside the
EEC and will change our privacy policy should this situation change.
(6) Security of your personal data
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to
prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
(7) Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new
version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to
ensure you are happy with any changes.